Russian TV: Despite continuing pleads to abolish drone strikes in Pakistan, the United States used an unmanned aircraft to target a girls’ school over the weekend, executing four suspected militants […]
In Los Angeles, a Wal-Mart building permit is getting a once-over. In New York, the City Council is investigating a possible land deal with the retailer’s developer in Brooklyn. A state senator in California is pushing for a formal audit of a proposed Wal-Mart in San Diego. And in Boston […]
AFP / JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a waiver to remove curbs on funding to the Palestinian Authority, declaring the aid to be “important to the security interests of the United States”. A $192 million aid package was frozen by the US Congress after the Palestinians […]
NY Times: THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years — or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his […]
Source: The Guardian (Author): (Reuters in Kabul) Hackers have for the third time in less than a year attacked the main website of the Afghan Taliban. The Taliban has blamed western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyberwar with the insurgents. The unidentified hackers broke into the Taliban’s El Emara website […]
(Reuters) – In the political arena, one side is winning the war on child obesity. The side with the fattest wallets. After aggressive lobbying, Congress declared pizza a vegetable to […]
Source: The Baltimore Jewish Times By Neil Rubin One of the most traveled intersections in the heavily Jewish Upper Park Heights / Pikeville corridor is now the home to a […]
Source: The New York Times The Obama administration is expected to announce a broad plan on Thursday to foster development of the nation’s “bioeconomy,” including the use of renewable resources and biological manufacturing methods. The National Bioeconomy Blueprint, as the plan is called, discusses a variety of measures and […]
Source: Los Angeles Times Author: Carol J. Williams The Oslo courtroom where confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is on trial offers a look at a tragic outcome of anti-Islamic hostility. […]
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir A decade after 9/11, Americans still harbor negative feelings about Islam and Muslims. Some fear that Shariah is going to be the new rule of law, while others don’t want a mosque to be built in their neighborhood. Many still think that Islam is a […]
(Reuters) – Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods was the weakest in three years in March and a gauge of business spending plans fell, suggesting the economy lost momentum as the first quarter drew to a close. Durable goods orders dropped 4.2 percent, the largest decline since January 2009, the Commerce […]
Source: China Daily DHAKA – US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Tuesday dismissed as untrue the notion that the ultimate objective of US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is to forge a US-India-Bangladesh axis against China. “China is not the enemy of America. You never hear that from President Obama, Secretary […]
Once again Omar Bashir, the president of Sudan, waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubilant supporters danced and cheered. But this time around the stakes are too high. An all-out war against newly independent South Sudan […]
Source: Press TV A senior Iranian lawmaker says decoding the data on the downed US Sentinel reconnaissance drone marks a turning point in the Islamic Republic’s technological breakthrough. “The Islamic […]
Dawn.com: CHICAGO: Nobel peace laureates gathered for an annual summit said Monday the work that earned them their prizes is far from over and rallied support for their fight for […]
Source: The wired.com – By Spencer Ackerman The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday ordered the entire U.S. military to scour its training material to ensure it doesn’t contain anti-Islamic content, Danger Room has learned. The order came after the Pentagon suspended a course for senior officers […]
By any measure, the Spanish real estate boom was one of the headiest ever. Spurred by record-low interest rates, Spaniards piled into holiday villas along the Costa Brava, gaudy apartments in Madrid and millions of starter homes throughout the country. But since the frenzy drove Spanish home prices to a […]
Source: Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults […]
On April 12, Mr. Mehanna was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison. Hearing this, most Americans would probably assume that the F.B.I. caught a major homegrown terrorist […]
The Associated Press – ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: A House panel is boosting money for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system by $680 million amid an election-year fight over whether President Barack Obama is doing enough for the longtime Mideast ally. The Republican-controlled Armed Services Committee, which begins crafting a fiscal 2013 […]